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Practice Test 9 - ACT Reading

20 questions. Answer them in any order, then submit to see your score and every explanation.

  1. "The mill's closing precipitated the town's slow emptying." The word "precipitated" shows the two events are related how?
  2. A speaker says: "Our town's crosswalk lights cut accidents in half, so every town should install them at once." The speaker most likely assumes that:
  3. As it is used in line 2, the word "brittle" most nearly means:
  4. The author includes the observation that the new colors will eventually "dim again regardless of anyone's philosophy" (lines 44-46) primarily to:
  5. Which of the following best describes the relationship between the two underlined sentences?
  6. It can most reasonably be inferred from the passage that the private cubicles most likely failed to increase overall output because:
  7. Which of the following is a verifiable fact from the passage rather than the author's assessment?
  8. The author includes the ballad anecdote in Paragraph 3 primarily to:
  9. Which choice best expresses the passage's central idea about Otis's yearly trips to fix the clock?
  10. Which of the following best describes the author's argument?
  11. "The mayor's plan would add 300 parking spaces, a reckless giveaway to drivers." The word "reckless" mainly shows that the sentence:
  12. As it is used in line 8, the word "plastic" most nearly means:
  13. Which best describes the tone of "The committee, in its wisdom, scheduled the fire drill for the hour of final exams"?
  14. The underlined sentence is an example of which type of rhetorical device?
  15. A university administrator argues that mandatory attendance policies improve learning in large lecture courses. She cites one course in which attendance became mandatory and the average final exam score rose from 71 to 79 the following semester. She concludes that requiring attendance will improve learning in all large lectures. Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the administrator's argument?
  16. Based on the passage, the "turbulent eddies" (bolded) occur when:
  17. The passage suggests that the specialization of coffeehouses (paragraph 4) led to which of the following negative consequences?
  18. The main point of the passage is that:
  19. As it is used in the passage (underlined), the word niche most nearly means:
  20. As it is used in the passage (underlined), the word signal most nearly means:

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